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The short answer is yes, sort of. Most of my Furuno instruments were connected via NMEA2000, which is an open CAN bus. That included all basic data like speeds, locations, wind, depth, etc. I used an open source NMEA2000 to 0183 converter to translate it into the text type messages that OpenCPN...

UDP stream format This is a good question. I haven't checked to see if the UDP encapsulation is standard. I separately have another device which reads NMEA 0183/2000 buses on the boat and rebroadcasts the data over UDP for that purpose, so I've got that covered. But now I will check...

Why do this? TimeZero makes PC software to view and control the system. It's called TZ Navigator (previously known as MaxSea). My boat came with the MaxSea CDs and so the previous owner had it set up in the hardwired configuration to a laptop. I updated to TZ Nav and then got it on the wifi...

Hi all. I have a boat with a Furuno NavNet3D system on it. For those not familiar, it's an ethernet based proprietary protocol (but the chartplotter can interface with older NMEA 0183/2000 sensors). The idea is that you can connect multiple displays, radar, and PCs to this ethernet network and...